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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Watut, Middle

Watut, Middle

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3mpl

Population  1,350 (1990 SIL).
Region  Morobe Province, Mumeng District, lower Watut Valley. 7 villages.
Language maps  Papua New Guinea, Map 10, reference number 486
Papua New Guinea, Map 11, reference number 486
Papua New Guinea, Map 15, reference number 486
Alternate names   Maraliinan, Maralinan, Silisili, Watut
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Huon Gulf, Markham, Watut
Language use  Home, village. Also use Yabem [jae].
Comments  Swidden agriculturalists: betelnut cash crop; gold.